WI Up To 4th in T20 World Rankings on Eve of World Cup

In the lead-up to the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, co-hosts West Indies took on South Africa at home, and have made substantial gains in the ICC Men’s T20 International Team Rankings on the back of a 3-0 series win.

Both teams were missing a few of their top players.

The series victory moved the West Indies up to fourth on the standings which is led by 2007 champions India, with 2021 winners Australia and defending champions England in second and third places respectively.

There were individual bright spots for West Indies in the series, who gained substantially in the T20 International Player Rankings.

Jamaica’s Brandon King who led the team in the absence of Rovman Powell, scored a combined 159 runs to jump five places to eighth in the Men’s Batting Rankings.

His opening partner, Johnson Charles, who hit a blistering 69 from 26 balls in a Player of the Match performance in the third game of the series, gained 17 spots to reach the 20th place.

Kyle Mayers – 31st place in Batting Rankings and Gudakesh Motie 27th place in Bowling Rankings were the other beneficiaries from the recently concluded series.

These results bode well for the Men in Maroon, who will look for a record third title during their home T20 World Cup.

They start their campaign against Papua New Guinea in Guyana on June 2.